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another village not far from Kagei, and with which he was at war, he had sent these men to secure us. We were delighted to see them, as for several days past our guide had kept saying "To-morrow, Inshallah ! we should see the Nyanza." But the farther we went the farther off the Nyanza seemed to be. That evening we stopped at a large village called "Wambwa, and were taken to the enclosure belonging to the chief of the place, and, he being away, we pitched our tent near a large tree under which were some old pots. Soon after the chief arrived, and when he saw where our tent was placed, got into a terrible state of excitement, as these pots proved to be his " medicine," for making rain, and he feared that the close proximity of the " white devils " would spoil his medicine. The chiefs in this part of Africa are always the rain-makers of the tribe, and keep up their authority by their supposed skill in this matter, and if they lose that skill they lose their position, and consequently are very jealous about anything that, as they think, will injure or lessen their supposed power. Some time afterwards, when living at Kagei, 1 put out my rain-gauge at the commencement of the rains, and the chief Kadtirna came and entreated me to take it in again, as white man's medicine was stronger than black men's, and he was afraid I should stop the rain.

On Saturday, Jan. 27th, we got our first glimpse